Student houses in St Andrews are to be demolished to make way for modern accommodation blocks.
Self-catering homes in Fife Park, off Strathkinness High Road, are to be razed to the ground and replaced by flats and en-suite rooms.
The development will increase capacity at the halls of residence by 115 beds to make room for more than 320 students.
Planning permission was granted back in December 2008 and because of the amount of time which has elapsed, the university is holding a consultation event to remind residents of the proposal.
A university spokeswoman said: “The university was granted planning approval in 2008 for the development of student accommodation at Fife Park and David Russell Apartments and completed the first of three phases of this work in 2010.
“The first phase involved the provision of an additional 252 beds in four new blocks at David Russell Apartments.
“The university is very grateful for the cooperation and understanding of our neighbours during the construction work of the first phase.
“For various reasons, not least global economic downturn and its effects on public funding, the university did not proceed as quickly as it originally envisaged with phases two and three of this project.
“It will now go ahead with phase two, which will involve the demolition of the existing Fife Park houses and their replacement with new student accommodation during the summer of this year.
“While there was a wide consultation process as part of the lead-up to the submission of the original planning application in 2008, given the passage of time, the university thinks it is appropriate to provide a further opportunity for immediate neighbours to be reacquainted with the planned development, to ask questions and raise any concerns.”
The consultation event will be held at 6pm on April 16 in the Nisbet Room of David Russell Apartments.
David Russell Apartments replaced the 1960s-built David Russell Hall.
Sir David Russell, who died in 1956, was a famous Fife-born papermaker, humanist and a pioneer of New Age thinking.
His son, Major David Russell, attended the university and went on to become chancellor’s assessor and finance convener.